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Report on the Options in Religion Survey. The Dewey Decimal Classification® (DDC) system includes five major options under 290 Other religions to give preferred treatment or shorter numbers to a specific religion. The Dewey editors report on the result of the recent survey. For more information about options in religion, please see 025.431: The Dewey blog.

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